# Dambun Nama

Dambun Nama is a northern Nigerian spicy beef floss.

- Cuisine: Indian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1.3 kg beef topside
- 2 white onions
- 1 bulb garlic
- to taste ginger
- 1 small scotch bonnet pepper
- 1 tablespoons natural spices/ pepper soup spice/ yajin nama
- to taste sea salt
- 0.25 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp curry powder
- 0.25 tsp dried rosemary
- as needed chilli flakes
- to taste Seasoning cube
- as needed water
- 3 cups Grapeseed oil / peanut oil or vegetable oil

## Instructions

1. Use beef top side cut to make Dambun nama.
2. Cut the beef into pieces and add them to a heavy bottom pot.
3. Add bay leaves, onions, garlic and ginger to the pot with the beef.
4. Chop the onions, garlic and ginger in a food processor until finely minced.
5. Add the aromatics to the pot.
6. Add dry rosemary, curry powder, sea salt, black pepper, seasoning cubes and a spice blend.
7. Add water to cover the meat and slow cook it for two hours until the meat is tender.
8. Allow the meat to cool down completely.
9. Pound the beef using a mortar and pestle until you have many fine shreds of beef.
10. Transfer your beef into your pot.
11. Add oil to your beef and stir it as if you are stewing it.
12. Add chilli flakes.
13. Stir the meat until it darkens and gets richer in color.
14. Add your dambun to a fine scarf or a cheese cloth and use the aid of some weights to extract the flavored oil.
15. Pour your dambun into a bowl and break it apart with your fingers.

## Tips

- Use a pressure cooker for 25 minutes
- Allow to beef to cool down completely before pounding the beef
- Go easy on the salt
- Choose a cut of meat that has minimal fat and sinew
- Take your time and patience is key when it comes to frying the moisture out of the dambu
- Store your dambu in a ziplock bag or an airtight glass container. Keep the dambu dry for prolonged freshness.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMBKgnM8H/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/13917f2f-4e2a-4300-b3be-07a90ec981dc
- Extracted: 2025-05-05

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